elTee Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 They went out of their way to highlight LucasArts as one of the most requested publishers, which to me suggests they're close to a deal. That, or they're trying to guilt LucasArts into answering the phone
Snugglecakes Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 or they're trying to guilt LucasArts into answering the phone I've been trying that for 20 years! Doesn't work. I do find all this quite exciting though.
Laserschwert Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 So... official soundtracks as bonus content? Hey, one can dream!
ThunderPeel2001 Posted April 23, 2011 Posted April 23, 2011 So it wasn't Outlaws, it was Desperados. http://www.gog.com/en/news/new_release_desperados_wanted_dead_or_alive
Threepwood4life Posted May 30, 2011 Author Posted May 30, 2011 Looks like we may find out who they've spoken with as GOG and CDPRED's will be making next big announcements at the CDP Summer Conference at 7pm GMT on Thursday 2nd June. EDIT: Spoke with GOG on Twitter and they can confirm only one of those 3 publishers will be unveiled this Thursday. Probably more likely EA but if it is LucasArts, this forum is going to explode!!!
Samnmax221 Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 Generating hype isn't exactly CDP's strong suit. They do everything else pretty well, but every time they try to build up to a big announcement people seem to go away disappointed.
Threepwood4life Posted May 31, 2011 Author Posted May 31, 2011 If you look on this page; http://www.gog.com/en/news/dr_m_and_the_dastardly_doom You can clearly see which publishers could be the one to be announced, it looks like Square Enix is out of the picture as the logo is greyed out. LucasArts is still there but it does change everyday leading up to this Thursday so this would give us a clear idea on who it might be. Plus theres a few clues in the Dr M web comic.
Bad Asp! Posted June 1, 2011 Posted June 1, 2011 The Big Apple... New York City... any Sam and Max fan knows that's where the Freelance Police work. LA = LucasArts?
Threepwood4life Posted June 1, 2011 Author Posted June 1, 2011 The Big Apple... New York City... any Sam and Max fan knows that's where the Freelance Police work. LA = LucasArts? Did anyone notice this phrase as well on one of the earlier pages; "Viva la Revolución" Where have we heard that before
Threepwood4life Posted June 1, 2011 Author Posted June 1, 2011 Just seen this on GOGs twitter We've narrowed it down to California, it's either EA or LA! Find out at CDP Summer Conference. Clash of the Titans, although its obvious it'll be EA but I could be wrong.
SyntheticGerbil Posted June 1, 2011 Posted June 1, 2011 Arrrr... Well anyway if this doesn't happen LucasArts still needs to keep on it's promise that they were going to make more games from the past available again. I'm pretty sure there's still a market for the old adventures but it seems they stopped right at those few Steam releases two years ago.
The Tingler Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 It should be pointed out that even if it's EA, at the CDP Spring event they said that two of the other publishers were very close to being signed for later this year.
Alexrd Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 One hour to go... By the way, what type of file do you download from GOG? ISO's?
The Tingler Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 Not ISOs, it's their own type of Setup/ZIP file. You download that, run it, and the game installs. Very easy, second only to Steam in terms of simplicity.
Laserschwert Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 One hour to go... The countdown says 1 hour 33 minutes to go... and since you've posted 15 Minutes before me, it was closer to two hours then
Alexrd Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 The countdown says 1 hour 33 minutes to go... and since you've posted 15 Minutes before me, it was closer to two hours then I've read 7pm GMT, and since I'm on GMT time, it was one hour left.
Laserschwert Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 So, there you have it, it's EA, starting with "Privateer", "Dungeon Keeper" and "Ultima Underworld".
Threepwood4life Posted June 2, 2011 Author Posted June 2, 2011 Well maybe they are still the other 2 publishers GOG are speaking with will probably hear more about it early September or so.
AlfredJ Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 GOG's site and selection of games (and their price!) is amazing, but dear god, their marketing sucks. I actually saw part of that webcast (a friend was watching, I forgot about the possibility that it could be Lucasarts myself), and I'm glad I finally got a look at the idiot that's in charge of marketing. Does anyone remember them announcing they were out of business, leaving everyone who bought something from them wondering if they lost their games forever, only to announce it was all a joke some time later? They say they pull these 'zany' stunts because the gaming industry takes itself too seriously, and they might be right about that, but this is just moronic. I'm not even saying that because I'm angry it isn't Lucasarts (although that would have been nice). Like I said, I forgot about that possibility. Seeing the conclusion of this drawn-out weirdness just brought back the memories of all their previous tricks. Blegh.
Longcat Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 "leaving everyone who bought something from them wondering if they lost their games forever" Well, no. They specifically told everyone that they would be able to download their games again before taking down the site. So they didn't leave everyone wondering, only the people who did not bother to read the entire news post:)
Alexrd Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 Not ISOs, it's their own type of Setup/ZIP file. You download that, run it, and the game installs. Very easy, second only to Steam in terms of simplicity. Actually, that sound better than Steam, since Steam itself is DRM...
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